NCT04221022

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS COPING STRATEGY FOR ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE COLLEGIATE STUDENT

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 37 (actual)
• Sponsor: Zohra Institute of Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Physical Inactivity is one of the major cause causing academic stress in students, so effectiveness of Light, moderate and vigorous physical activity as a baseline treatment were assessed through academic stress scale questionnaire, Cohen Perceived stress Scale and rapid assessment of physical activity (RAPA).

Detailed description

A total of 388 students participated in first phase of study and total 60 students with moderate academic stress were filtered. Among those only 37 were physically inactive from last one month by the assessment through RAPA (Rapid assessment of physical activity). ASS (Academic stress scale), Cohen Perceived stress Scale and RAPA questionnaires were used to collect data. Three equally distributed groups were given three different modes of physical activities i.e light, moderate \& vigorous.

Conditions

• Physical Activity and Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Light physical activity	Each session started with leisure walk, duration of which was set to 35 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)
OTHER	Moderate physical activity	Each session started with brisk walk, duration of which was set to 30 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)
OTHER	Vigorous physical activity	Each session started with jogging, duration of which was set to 15 minutes. Frequency set for the session was that each individual of the group had to walk for five days a week for total of six weeks. (total 30 days in six weeks)

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-09
• Primary completion: 2020-06-30
• Completion: 2020-06-30
• First posted: 2020-01-09
• Last updated: 2020-07-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan